NATIONAL POST — It’s been dubbed the new “War in the Woods”: A growing Vancouver Island protest encampment aimed at disrupting planned logging in Fairy Creek, an expanse of old-growth rainforest located just north of the British Columbia capital of Victoria. But this month yielded an unexpected twist in the Fairy Creek saga: Local First…
VICTORIA, VANCOUVER SUN — — The B.C. government should prepare the public for the coming “big shock” when “fairly large chunks” of provincial Crown land are recognized as actually owned and controlled by Indigenous Nations. So says Jack Woodward, the lawyer who won the case that resulted in the first declaration of Aboriginal title in…
MADISON’S REPORT — Unrelenting and extremely motivated demand is the reason behind this incredibly sharp rise. New-home purchases account for about 10% of the market and are calculated when contracts are signed. They are considered a timely barometer of the current real estate market. Softwood lumber prices continued to skyrocket, to US$1,210 mfbm on benchmark…
Timmins, Ontario –Steve Hounsell is stepping down as President and Chair of Forests Ontario, though will remain on the Board of the not-for-profit organization. Concurrently, Malcolm Cockwell of Haliburton, Ontario has been selected by the Board of Directors as the new President, effective immediately. Current Board member Christine Leduc from Timmins, Ontario will become Vice…
EDMONTON, Alberta, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Using drones to help reforest remote boreal environments. Reducing methane emissions from cattle by up to 90 percent through feed additives. Leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize energy usage at a pulp mill. These are three of 17 technology innovations that will receive funding from the Government of Alberta through Emissions…
Domtar Pulp Mill Secures $194k Resiliency Grant | The Working Forest
Learn how Domtar Pulp Mill in Kamloops received a $194,000 grant to enhance supply chain resiliency. Stay updated with The Working Forest.
VANCOUVER SUN — A specialty products sawmill in Quesnel that fell into bankruptcy last summer will reopen at the end of this month after being taken over by Williams Lake-company Kandola Forest Products. KFP president Neal Kandola said the mill — which turns lumber into engineered wood, wall paneling, shiplap, and glulam products — would…
BNNBLOOMBERG — Canada’s biggest toilet paper manufacturer aims to make some of its tissue from bamboo as an environmentally sustainable option for consumers. Kruger Products LP, the maker of brands such as Cashmere and Purex toilet papers, and SpongeTowels, is researching ways to turn bamboo into quality tissue with the goal of adding a renewable…
CAPTION: Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at the Ornamental Gardens in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA, THE CANADIAN PRESS IN THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS — The Liberal government is proposing long-awaited changes to an environmental protection…
Annual Workplace Safety North conference this Wednesday, April 14 On April 14, 2021, Workplace Safety North (WSN) expects to host up to 500 online attendees at its annual Mining Health and Safety Conference. The online event next Wednesday runs from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm ET and is being offered for free this year…